/vr/ - Retro Games

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Anonymous Wed Oct 10 03:00:07 2018 No.5093931 [Reply] [Original]

Do you leave your cartridges unprotected or in a protective sleeve, /vr/?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 16:06:23 2018 No.5094807 I just use the covers that slide over the bottom of the cartridge

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 16:13:49 2018 No.5094814 I just leave my everdrive in the console at all times

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 16:21:02 2018 No.5094818 >>5093931 I use the regular ones that came with nes. If they don't have covers, I just don't cover them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 16:41:09 2018 No.5094850 I just put them in the boxes they came in?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 22:24:53 2018 No.5095385 >>5094818 There are sites out there which sell repro sleeves if you're interested.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 22:31:09 2018 No.5095391 >>5094814 The only right answer

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 10 22:54:28 2018 No.5095417 >>5093931 We rawdog that shit around here. Just leaving them on a shelf until I want to play them has worked for me for the last 19 years I've been alive. If the cart doesn't work, just take it apart real fast and clean the pins with an eraser.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 00:07:20 2018 No.5095521 File: 1.71 MB, 2576x1932, 20181010_230405.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Protected of course, however i only own 2 Nes multicarts and i cant justify buying a 10 pack for them.

Anonymous Thu Oct 11 04:25:20 2018 No.5095726
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>>5093931
I like buying custom cases for them myself, they're cheap and plentiful online or you can make them yourself if they don't exist.

>>5095521
What's with those stickers?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 19:19:51 2018 No.5097218 >>5095726 N64 and Sueper Famicom games lack the spine label, i printed some to know identify them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 21:21:11 2018 No.5097449 I put my high value carts and all my cardboard boxed games in those. All my manuals for those are bagged too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 22:08:49 2018 No.5097535 >>5094814 Leaving a cart in your console is a great way to flatten out the pins and cause faulty connections over time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 22:25:00 2018 No.5097573 >>5095521 People always recommend these N64 end labels, but they look so goddamn tacky. I really wish there were a better solution for N64 cart storage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 22:45:06 2018 No.5097634 >>5097573 theres a few different versions on Ebay for 20 shipped, but im a cheap bastard so i made my own. WHen i see ones that i actually like ill buy a full set.

Anonymous Thu Oct 11 23:10:51 2018 No.5097668

>>5097634
From what I've seen, the buyable ones aren't much/any better than your homemade ones. It will always just look like a sticker tacked on where it doesn't actually belong

I'm thinking the best way to store them is on a shelf, standing up, and at an angle (like cars in a dealer's lot) so that you can see just enough of the label to know what it is without having to flip through.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 11 23:46:47 2018 No.5097717 >>5097535 This is objectively false. I've had a game in my NES pretty much non-stop for the past 29 years and it still works just fine.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 01:30:00 2018 No.5097837 >>5095726 I love those VCR cases so much. The best part is that they come with those little tabs to hold your manuals too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 16:59:00 2018 No.5098993 >>5095726 how are these called? where do you buy them from?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 18:17:32 2018 No.5099154 >>5097717 I'll second this, left mario 1 in my childhood console for 15 years and it works fine. I think it kept it cleaner because any other console is finicky as hell to get clean and working, this one boots up on the first try without fail.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 18:32:58 2018 No.5099187 I use my nes ones as table coasters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 18:43:13 2018 No.5099208 >>5097535 pretty sure there's official nintendo documentation that says to keep a gameboy cartridge in a gameboy when in storage

Anonymous Fri Oct 12 18:46:38 2018 No.5099213
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>>5093931
i usually keep them in boxes cause im not a sperg that needs that shit on display and becuase It keeps dust and light off the carts. all my consoles are in my closet hooked up to a little crt. i close the door to keep most dust from building up, but i also clean my consoles from time to time to keep them in tip top shape.

Anonymous Fri Oct 12 20:04:31 2018 No.5099328
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>>5098993
They're just called custom cases. You can get them from a variety of online stores, those being customgamecases.com, gamecaseking.com, and retrogamecases.com. The first is the original as the shop is maintained by the guy who's also in charge of The Cover Project, which is dedicated to cataloging all game covers and their variants, plus all the designs you see for these custom cases on other sites are made by the same guy. I've heard bad things about Game Case King despite having a similar price point, mostly unfulfilled orders and radio silence. Retro Game Cases charges double the price for the same cases, but they're actually useful if you want to get plastic protectors (like in the OP), labels, stickers, etc., they're a more practical all around shop.

CGC also makes rad DS-style boxes for GB/GBC/GBA games that match perfectly with the DS and 3DS boxes. They also have the original Genesis / Mega Drive plastic boxes mold, so all their boxes are made from the same dimensions. IIRC, they're also in the process of making Game Gear cases. I've never had an issue with them and their customer support is great, they even manage bulk orders if you want 50+ boxes at a time.

/shill

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 20:07:10 2018 No.5099330 If I've got some lying around yeah, but I won't go out of my way to buy them

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 12 20:17:45 2018 No.5099342 File: 18 KB, 434x425, 1499665438994.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5099328 >those mega drive cases on their instagram that are styled like the genesis ones but blue

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 09:29:49 2018 No.5100174 >>5099328 thanks, man. i want to buy some of these.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 09:34:36 2018 No.5100179 >>5099328 >Items $8.00 >Estimated Shipping $19.89 fuck me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 11:39:54 2018 No.5100309 >>5100179 All the cases are $4 for me?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 11:41:00 2018 No.5100314 >>5100309 yeah but thats 2 cases. problem is the shipping. im in canada.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 11:44:08 2018 No.5100319 >>5093931 Custom game cases

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 11:44:58 2018 No.5100321 >>5100314 Yeah.. Anything beyond 3 or 4 bucks is too steep.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 11:51:53 2018 No.5100334 >>5100314 It makes more sense to order a bunch in bulk. They have a shipping table for rates.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 13 13:05:14 2018 No.5100442 >>5100334 yeah.... well, guess i will pass.

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